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whim·sy /ˈhwɪmzi, ˈwɪm-/
怪念頭,心情浮動,反復無常
Whim·sey, Whimsy n.; pl. Whimseys or Whimsies
1. A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit. “The whimsies of poets and painters.”
Men's folly, whimsies, and inconstancy. --Swift.
Mistaking the whimseys of a feverish brain for the calm revelation of truth. --Bancroft.
2. Mining A whim.
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whimsy
n 1: an odd or fanciful or capricious idea; "the theatrical
notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his
stories"; "he had a whimsy about flying to the moon";
"whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy
it" [syn: notion, whim, whimsey]
2: the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or
caprice than from reason or judgment; "I despair at the
flightiness and whimsicality of my memory" [syn: flightiness,
arbitrariness, whimsicality, whimsey, capriciousness]
[also: whimsiest, whimsier]